Devastating Ida kills at least 1, leaves more than 1 million without power and many awaiting rescue from flooded homes

Hurricane Ida has ripped catastrophic gashes across southeastern Louisiana, killing at least one person, obliterating roofs, sapping power and sending rescuers scrambling Monday morning to untold numbers of flooded homes where people are anxiously calling for help.

Ida, now a slow-moving tropical storm over southwestern Mississippi, still will pose a major threat for more flooding not just in those two states but also into the Tennessee and Ohio valleys as it crawls north over the next few days.

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